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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Can History be Objective? Great article for those seeking to delve deeper in the latest edition of Modern History Review from @HLearning11to19. Well worth the subscription for this alone! 👍

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

This week our Law, History & Politics Society began prep for our first student-led (thank you to my amazing 6th Formers!) mock trial of the year. Alongside the excitement of debating and challenging ideas, we have placed language, oracy and literacy at the heart of what we do.

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

‘Hitler’s non-bureaucratic, personalised style of rule encouraged underlings to push ahead with initiatives of their own in the hopes of anticipating the Führer’s will.’ Historian Volker Ullrich.

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

‘… even after 1933, Hitler did his utmost to avoid hard and fast political rulings where possible.’ Historian Hans Mommsen, 1976.

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

‘Governors must have the skills at their disposal to carry out effective selection processes.’ Encouraging to see the focus on the very highest standards of school governance being maintained in the latest DfE guidance for state schools. Link: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68b836...

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Great people make great schools. And there are none greater than the St Chris Cafe legends! They bring the good vibes, big smiles, friendly faces and GREAT COFFEE! ☕️ 🇧🇭 🥐 🫖

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

‘NEP demonstrated a struggle in Lenin’s mind between the need to accommodate the shortcomings of the revolution and reintegrate state with society, and yet to hold onto the essentials of Bolshevism and preserve as much as possible of what had been achieved.’ Historian James Ryan

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

This is where all the HISTORY HAPPENS! 💥 🔥 💪

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

‘Geography is the backdrop to human history itself.’ Robert D. Kaplan in ‘The Revenge of Geography’

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Classroom washing lines: some excellent work from our IB historians on the rise of an authoritarian state in Germany. Bravo! 👏 🔥 🧼

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Historian E.P. Thompson had very little time for counterfactuals, labelling them ‘unhistorical *%#*’. 😮 That notwithstanding (!), some of the greatest pedagogic utility I have leveraged out of AI / LLMs thus far has been to generate counterfactuals as starter activities. #AI

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Amazing student-baked treats with our Sixth Form Historians. 😋 🇧🇭 👍

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Exploring the beauty of Bahrain National Museum! 🇧🇭

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

All the fun of the Future Learning Summit comes to St Christopher's School this weekend! Good luck to Lauren Binnington & the organising team. We are all very excited about this! #FLS #StChris #FutureLearningSummit

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

‘It was no accident that Orwell’s Big Brother had a Stalin-like moustache.’ Historian John Lewis Gaddis.

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

A glorious day supporting the Under 13 BSME - British Schools in the Middle East games here at St Christopher’s today. #schoolsport #athletics

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Counterfactual questions to kick lessons off with cognition this week with our IB Diploma Historians. #history #IB #IBO

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Some awesome CPD in our History Department this week from Monnay Sewell, reviewing our KS3 History Assessment strategy. Some great takeaways, food for thought and plans for future action! #CPD #history

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

And don’t a great many military generals across the ages know it … #history

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

The delights of exploring the epistemological & disciplinary underpinnings of History with students never cease! I just love kicking off lessons with such quotes. #history #teaching #learning

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Great to accompany our Year 7 students on their cross-curricular Geography and History trip to Bahrain Fort. Lots of great student-led and directed multimedia documentaries on the way! #bahrain #bahrainfort #XCurricular

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

So excited that our annual Sixth Form Humanities Symposium is taking place today! Our wonderful Sixth Form students delivering an eclectic & stimulating range of presentations. A brilliant day for student-led research, networking, presentation skills and oracy! 🫡 🇧🇭 🎙️

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Living in History Teacher wonderland with the jacket on for the Winter! 🧥 🥶 🇧🇭

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Flowers in bloom here in the front garden of St Christopher’s! 🌷

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

‘It is worth starting with visions … because they establish hopes and fears. History then determines which prevail.’ Historian John Lewis Gaddis.

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

The homemade cookies return for 2025 courtesy of my amazing Year 12 IB Diploma Historians! 🍪 😋

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Very excited for the the ‘Outstanding Academic Achievement Awards’ here at St Christopher’s School, Bahrain this evening! Looking forward to meeting up with students old and new! Congratulations to each and all. #bahrain #achievement

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Dan Lyndon-Cohen @danlyndon.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

What better way to start the new year than booking your ticket for the @1972shp.bsky.social Developing Teachers' Conference (virtual) on Feb 1st? 6 spectacular secondary workshops, 3 phat primary workshops and a kicking keynote! Early Bird tickets close at the end of Friday so don't miss out!

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

The Bahraini Farmers’ Market is a great place to visit on a Saturday morning to eat, drink, socialise & support vibrant local businesses! 🌽 🇧🇭 🥕

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James Fitzgibbon @mrfitzhist.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Great to reconnect with so many historians on here! Thought my first post should be connected to what I get asked most. ‘How do you make your PPT’s look like that?’ So here’s my ‘Tips and Tricks’ reference sheet! #historyteacher Link for resource is below: docs.google.com/file/d/1ZhCW...

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historypod.bsky.social @historypod.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

To start the new year I created a HistoryPod Century Rewind – a #History #trivia #quiz of events in years ending ’25. All events have been covered in previous episodes. Good luck! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMQOVChuKJQ

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

‘Empathetic approaches to history are … acquired through practice or apprenticeship, rather than through guided application and teaching.’ Quote from Sarah Fox at the University of Birmingham.

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

VERSUS HISTORY ESSAY PRIZE Congratulations to the winner for 2024, Amir Deane of Tonbridge School. A marvellous essay submission & we offer our congratulations! 🏆 #VersusHistory #VHEssayPrize

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

King Richard III and I chilling out together in Leicester today … 👑 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🤴

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

‘National Socialism sought more than to mobilize the politically homeless, because it aimed for the broadest possible constituency, and to do so by offering the “big Idea” to all “racially fit” Germans.’ Quote from Historian Robert Gellately.

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

‘𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘅 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲𝘀’. Quote from Historian A.J.P. Taylor.

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

A water trough, originally used to hydrate horses in the era before the dawn of the motorcar, still going strong in Hampshire today 100 years after it fell out of use … history is everywhere! 🐎 🐴 🚙

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Happy Bahrain National Day! 🇧🇭 One of the greatest benefits of teaching abroad is having your own children engage with such a rich array of cultures and traditions. My two beautiful boys, Errol & Ernest, having an absolute blast as we celebrate National Day here at St Christopher's School! 🇧🇭 🇧🇭 🇧🇭

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

The slow collapse of Soviet Communism in the 1980s, according to Chat GPT. 🤔 #AI

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

More homemade biscuits from my amazing IB Diploma Historians! 🎅 🎄 ☃️

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

It’s that time of year again! To all fellow educators, everywhere … enjoy the holidays when they come! 🎅

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Could you be our next Subject Leader for Psychology? We are actively seeking applications from dynamic, dedicated, highly knowledgeable & and research-literate Psychologists to lead this fabulous department within our dynamic Humanities Faculty. Come & join us! Applications: lnkd.in/d_7pWEEY

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Middle Leadership TeachMeet! This week at St Christopher's School, a colleague & I held a TeachMeet where Subject Leaders were each able to share an aspect of great practice with colleagues. A great learning experience! #leadership #teaching #learning

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

The wonder of Bahrain National Day approaches! A truly wonderful place to live, work & raise children! 🇧🇭 🇧🇭 🇧🇭

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Faith Through a Lens is back! Our amazing RS & Philosophy Department have launched the latest iteration of this inclusive whole-school photography competition. This season's theme is the #NightSky. #faith #spirituality #rolemodelsfortheworld #StChrisPHRS #TeamHumanities

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

I have been leveraging @napkin_ai to generate straightforward infographics for lesson resources. Saves quite a bit of time! #AI #teaching

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

The Winstanley Estate in Clapham today & back in the 1960s. Yes, it provided the contextual genesis of the So Solid Crew. #history

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Leveraging the power of debate in the GCSE History classroom using @VersusHistory.

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy @historychappy.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

This gentleman is the absolute pinnacle of History Teaching. When I came to St Chris in 2014, he was the Head of History. He sadly moved on in 2015, & I became HOD, stepping into some very big shoes. It was an absolute pleasure & a privilege to see him today. Salute to Mr Jim Connolly! Go well!

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